How you can use behavioural insights on your projects and pitfalls to be aware off – 5 key tips for use webinar

Behavioural and neuro-sciences is an area of project management that is an important aspect but not always recognised as a key aspect in the successful delivery of a project. 

At this webinar delivered on Wednesday 21 May, we talked about how behavioural sciences can impact the success of your project and the bad behaviours that you should be aware off that lead to a project going aware from the planned intent.

The flavour of this webinar was to touch upon strategic mis-representation; cognitive biases, effects on decision making.  

This was a wide subject but the webinar raised the awareness to the attendees when looking to progress their own project and avoid behavioural science pitfalls. More importantly, how to be successful knowing that behavioural science can impact the project outcome. 

At the end of the webinar, attendees went away questioning their own decision biases and the processes in place for project delivery and governance.  

Webinar resources

The panel have kindly allowed their presented material to be made available for viewing. The slides on Slideshare and the webinar recording on YouTube will shortly be available in our APM resources area and also embedded below for reference.

This webinar content is suitable for professionals with an intermediate level of the project profession.

Speaker panel

Greg Krawczyk
Greg is a Chartered Project Professional and long-term APM Volunteer. Through his role at Confluity, he helps leaders and organisations bridge the gap between strategy, delivery, and the underlying factors for success. He connects them to the frameworks, training, and development needed to drive successful outcomes.

Greg actively publishes articles and runs APM events on the topics of governance and human behaviour.

Find out more about what Greg does. 

Carol Deveney
Carol Deveney is the Practice Lead for Sponsorship, Governance and Assurance at CPCS.

Carol is a transport and project sponsorship consultant and sponsor coach.  She has held head of profession and vice president roles of Sponsor divisions in the UK and internationally in the transport sector. 

Carol combines a background in sponsoring infrastructure projects and change programmes with coaching and leadership development gained in complex, high value environments. She is an ambassador for sponsorship as a successful approach to dealing with ongoing ambiguity in projects and leading the delivery of benefits. 
Carol has been accountable for audit and assurance of a capital investment portfolio in excess of £34bn. She has peer reviewed several major programmes and projects with a focus on achieving benefits, open dialogue and behavioural observations as enablers of good governance.

Carol has a Post Grad in Business and a BA Business and Management and is dual qualified in Environmental Management and Occupational Health & Safety.

Christopher Rasiah
Christopher is a chartered Project professional and Fellow of the APM.  He is a long term volunteer who is excited by the topic of Governance and its real applications. 
Christopher is a Project Manager for projects at the early phase of engineering in Energy sector. He is also the Group Manager for the Project Engineering Management department. He actively has to lead and advise on projects and see behavioural insights as being part of project management.